The Scarlet Pimp
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The NYPD asked its fans on Twitter to post their favorite images of officers with the hashtag #myNYPD.
The attempt at public outreach, however, backfired spectacularly when users flooded Twitter with hundreds of photos of police brutality, shooting victims, one of an 84-year-old man brutalised for jaywalking ? and even a dog being frisked.
By midnight on Tuesday, more than 70,000 people had tweeted about police brutality, ridiculing the NYPD for a social media disaster and recalling the names of people shot dead by police.
"Police officials declined to respond to questions about the negative comments, which were being posted at a rate of 10,000 per hour, or say who was behind the Twitter idea. But they did release a short statement."
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/gallery/society/20-photos-show-how-mynypd-idea-went-terribly-wrong
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/mynypd-twitter-call-out-new-york-police-backfires
https://twitter.com/search?q=#myNYPD
The attempt at public outreach, however, backfired spectacularly when users flooded Twitter with hundreds of photos of police brutality, shooting victims, one of an 84-year-old man brutalised for jaywalking ? and even a dog being frisked.

By midnight on Tuesday, more than 70,000 people had tweeted about police brutality, ridiculing the NYPD for a social media disaster and recalling the names of people shot dead by police.
"Police officials declined to respond to questions about the negative comments, which were being posted at a rate of 10,000 per hour, or say who was behind the Twitter idea. But they did release a short statement."

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/gallery/society/20-photos-show-how-mynypd-idea-went-terribly-wrong
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/23/mynypd-twitter-call-out-new-york-police-backfires
https://twitter.com/search?q=#myNYPD